The IRS Whistleblower Office Gets Serious With Record Setting Award
Posted 09/12/12
By Gordon Schnell
In a shot heard round the whistleblower world, the IRS has paid $104 million to former UBS banker Bradley Birkenfeld for blowing the whistle on the Swiss banking giant's scheme to help thousand of Americans cheat the IRS through secreting their assets in offshore accounts. This is the scandal that led to the bank's payment of a $780 million fine and to the voluntary disclosure by more than...